Question

question 5 of 10
unlike the radical republicans in congress, president lincoln wanted to:
a. require 50 percent of all confederate voters to pledge allegiance
to the union.
b. ban former confederate leaders from holding political office in the
union.
c. force all confederate states to pass the thirteenth amendment to
be readmitted.
d. provide payments to former slaveholders to compensate for the
loss of enslaved people.

Explanation:

Lincoln's 10 - Percent Plan (1863) was more lenient. It required 10 percent of a state's voters (from the 1860 election) to take an oath of allegiance to re - enter the Union. Radical Republicans, on the other hand, were more punitive.

• Option A: The 10 - Percent Plan (Lincoln) required 10 percent, not 50 percent. The Wade - Davis Bill (Radical Republicans) required 50 percent.
• Option B: Lincoln's plan did not ban former Confederate leaders from holding office (though later some were restricted). Radical Republicans were more likely to push for such bans.
• Option C: While the Thirteenth Amendment (abolishing slavery) was important, Lincoln's main focus in his Reconstruction plan was on the 10 - Percent oath for readmission. The Radical Republicans were more insistent on certain "hard" conditions like this for readmission.
• Option D: Lincoln, in some of his early Reconstruction thoughts (before the full impact of the war's end and the abolitionist movement's strength was clear), considered compensating slaveholders (a more conciliatory approach). Radical Republicans, representing more of the anti - slavery, anti - Confederate sentiment, would not support this.

Answer:

D. provide payments to former slaveholders to compensate for the loss of enslaved people.